Blog Cabins

The end of an era

Published on 2011-05-16 02:01:00

Welcome back my friends to the show that never endsWe're so glad you could attendCome inside! Come inside!Wait, let's try that again:Welcome back my friends to the show that never endsWe're so glad you could attendCome inside! Come inside!That's right, my friends, after four-and-a-half years, Blog Cabins will be no more. Some months back, I got a message from my friend and fellow blogger Kai Parker of The List. It said, "I am drunk so bear in mind when reading! :) If we were smart, we would g

Movie of the Month/LAMBcast #68: Oldboy

Published on 2011-05-16 01:59:00

[Note: this site is no longer publishing new content - please come check out my awesome new site, Man, I Love Films! http://manilovefilms.com. Thanks!] The voters in our last MOTM poll overwhelmingly selected Oldboy as this month's film, and it's not hard to see why. Chan-wook Park's genre-spanning 2003 film shockingly was not an instant classic, but has become more than a cult icon in the eight years since its release, climbing the IMDb Top 250 (it currently sits at #97) and, more importantl

Stained Glass Cinema Sunday (#133)

Published on 2011-05-15 12:07:00

[Note: this site is no longer publishing new content - please come check out my awesome new site, Man, I Love Films! http://manilovefilms.com. Thanks!] BEGINNER EXPERT Standings: J.D. - 47 TheGreatWhiteDope - 35.5 Steel11Kane (Kano) - 8 Dreamrot (smacdonn), simoncolumb - 7 Nick, Wendymoon, Stevee Taylor, BD79 - 6 Clive Dangerously, Justin, JLG, Mad Hatter, Rachel - 5 Jason/Daniel, David Bishop, Jason Soto, Andy, TheAnswerMVP2001 - 3 TJMAC510 - 2.5 Evan Derric

TGITDNMAR (5/13/11)

Published on 2011-05-15 12:04:00

[Note: this site is no longer publishing new content - please come check out my awesome new site, Man, I Love Films! http://manilovefilms.com. Thanks!] It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released. Priest What will be next in the one-word title, quasi-religious, zombpire trilogy from star Paul Bettany and director Scott Charles Stewart? One can hardly hold back their need to know. My best bet is this: Dominion, starring, of

The State of the Cabins (5/11/11)

Published on 2011-05-11 10:57:00

[Note: this site is no longer publishing new content - please come check out my awesome new site, Man, I Love Films! http://manilovefilms.com. Thanks!] Enjoy! Movies watched for the first time (non-theatrically) since last week: I completely spaced out last week, forgetting that I had seen two films in the prior week that I hadn't seen before. And they both happen to be Bruce Willis films released in 2010, for that matter. Weirdness. Red It's the anti-Adventureland. The marketing for Greg

LAMBcast #67: The Rom-Com Discussion

Published on 2011-05-08 19:34:00

[Note: this site is no longer publishing new content - please come check out my awesome new site, Man, I Love Films! http://manilovefilms.com. Thanks!] Jess hosts a roundtable discussion of romantic comedies: the good, the bad, and the just plan unwatchable. Is the genre more than just Katherine Heigl and Kate Hudson flicks? Does The Princess Bride count as a rom-com? Is the term 'rom-com' an insult? Jess, Rachel, Nick, James and Dylan attempt to answer all of these questions and more. We

Stained Glass Cinema Sunday (#132)

Published on 2011-05-08 14:52:00

[Note: this site is no longer publishing new content - please come check out my awesome new site, Man, I Love Films! http://manilovefilms.com. Thanks!] BEGINNER EXPERT Standings: J.D. - 47 TheGreatWhiteDope - 35.5 Steel11Kane (Kano) - 8 Dreamrot (smacdonn), simoncolumb - 7 Nick, Wendymoon, Stevee Taylor, BD79 - 6 Clive Dangerously, Justin, JLG, Mad Hatter, Rachel - 5 Jason/Daniel, David Bishop, Jason Soto, Andy, TheAnswerMVP2001 - 3 TJMAC510 - 2.5 Evan Derric

A Life in Movies

Published on 2011-05-07 16:00:00

[Note: this site is no longer publishing new content - please come check out my awesome new site, Man, I Love Films! http://manilovefilms.com. Thanks!] That Fandango has done it again. In other words, Andy over at Fandango Groovers Movie Blog has come up with another excellent community blogging event (it transcends blog-a-thon!) for us all to partake in. I would hope that you can tell from the banner what it's supposed to be, but here's the skinny from the horse's mouth: Inception, Toy Sto

TGITDNMAR (5/6/11)

Published on 2011-05-06 19:10:00

It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released. OMG - on time and everything!ThorI guess you have to give it up to the marketing machine. For years, we've heard questions about what the studios would do when they ran out of "A"-level superheroes. Turns out that said worry was much ado about nothing (maybe - see below). Iron Man is perhaps not Batman or Spider-Man, but despite the protestations that he wasn't them, he was also so

Ladies of the 90s Tournament...winner!

Published on 2011-05-05 08:37:00

Congratulations to the Vulcan from Hackers for being selected as the winner of the Ladies of the 90s Tournament! (How did this happen, exactly?)Just for shits and giggles, humor me by taking part in one more poll. Let's suppose that the SMG gang hadn't overtaken her matchup versus Winona Ryder, who I think we all can agree was robbed of her chance in the tourney. Who would you choose between her and the two finalists? poll by twiigs.com